The Bing Challenge.
If you haven’t heard by now, Microsoft revealed a new search engine called Bing which is set to compete with Google. I have realized that I am extremely used to using Google. Every time I am going to visit a website and I’m not 100% sure of the name I would google it and even for simple things I find myself using Google all day long. But because Bing has been growing so strong lately I have decided to give it a shot more than just looking at it. I’ve been using Bing for a bit over 24 hours now. I do find myself using Google every now and then without even noticing it but I’m slowly getting better at using Bing. I haven’t really found anything that really beats Google so far except for the Image Search. The way Bing shows you images makes it really easy to look through hundreds of images at a very quick paste. I have also heard that looking for flights and hotels is very easy and useful through Bing but I have not given it a try yet. I think everyone should try Bing for at least 24 hours and then make a judgment if they like it or not. I know I will be using the Image Search that Bing provides.
On another note…It seems like many users have been using Bing a lot lately seeing as I have been getting a very good amount of traffic coming from Bing lately.
Yasser
Google Will Launch Operating System Called Chrome.
By Federico Fieni
Google recently made the biggest announcement that it has made in a while, they are going to release an Operating System in 2010. This might just be the greatest competition that Microsoft will ever have in terms of regular users. It seems like Google Chrome the browser was just a small part of what is going to be Google OS. Google on their blog said that it will an Open Source OS which will be made to take full capacity of the x86 architecture. That is one of the main reasons they just didn’t use their Android OS.
Chrome is going to be targeted for Netbooks so they can run light and faster Operating Systems. This could take a good market share and later expand to bigger and more robust Desktops. We all are expecting Google Chrome to have a simple and light way of working. Google already has a bunch of online Applications which they could easily integrate with their Operating System. This is already creating a lot of buzz on the internet and I can not wait to see what other details will they be giving about this new Operating System.
Update (7:22pm): The partners that are supporting Chrome OS have been announced and Google has announced a small FAQ answering some of the questions that have been going around the internet. The first question asked is the one that many were hoping to hear, Chrome OS will be free. And the list of partners supporting Chrome OS say a lot about what we could expect. Just to mention a few of the sponsors are Adobe, ASUS and HP. Two of those are one of the biggest creators of NetBooks. This gives a bigger answer to everyone, Chrome OS will come out strong.
Cartoon by Federico Fieni
Yasser
Microsoft reveals the future.
Engadget has published a video from Microsoft displaying there future view of your home. It makes me believe that we are one step closer to living like the Jetsons (the cartoons). We have all seen those projectors on table where you can touch things and move them around but we don’t know how expensive they are or big. But Microsoft seems to be targeting peoples home. What of that same projector idea is on a device no bigger than a regular phone? You can put it in your kitchen counter and play with it, have recipes projected next to your cooking table, drinks recipes, reminders flash next to you, all sort of things. But even cooler than that you could possible use these projector ideas to have “wallpapers” or reminders on your mirror that could help you out with your clothes. Make sure to look at the video because the number of things that you could possibly do with this would be infinite, the only boundary would be its cost.
Yasser
Windows 7: Beta 1 Leaked
The “first beta” of Windows 7 has been leaked out and available for download at certain bittorrent sites. The beta that has been leaked out was meant to be shown in January for a special show. Some people are saying that it is pretty good, they have put a lot of effort into developing this operating system. As far as the looks of it you can see some pictures that LifeHacker.com has. I’m not planning on downloading it but it is good to know that so far it is looking good. Here is one of the pictures from LifeHacker:
Yasser
Microsoft Will Offer 500mb of Online Storage.
Everyone has their bets on Online Storage and everything being done online. Microsoft is also going after the online market. They unveiled an online web storage that is beta right now and offered to limited users. So far it is only 500mb of storage but it will most likely be bigger in a future because of other competitors who offer more. Gmail could be used as online storage and offers 3gb so far. AOL offers 5gb, 10 times more than Microsoft. So hopefully it will be good and better or they just lost another market.
Source: Yahoo.com
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, together.
This is one of the biggest interviews in technological history. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, in one room, next to each other talking about themself and their products, and the future of technology. The interview took place at the D5 conference. I am sorry to dissapoint everyone but there is no fight between them. The interview is pretty interesting, the last time they both were interviewed together was about 5-10 years ago when they got interviewed for Fortune magazine (I think..). You can see the whole interview online and there is a small summary of the Highlits of the interview.
Yasser
-
Categories
-
Archives
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- March 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
-
Links
-
Meta
